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$32.21 -0.49 (-1.50%)
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WLDN vs. GDRX, SEZL, DFIN, XMTR, NEO, PHR, QBTS, STGW, PINC, and UPBD

Should you be buying Willdan Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willdan Group include GoodRx (GDRX), Sezzle (SEZL), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Xometry (XMTR), NeoGenomics (NEO), Phreesia (PHR), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Stagwell (STGW), Premier (PINC), and Upbound Group (UPBD). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Willdan Group vs.

Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) and GoodRx (NASDAQ:GDRX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.

Willdan Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoodRx has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Willdan Group currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.13%. GoodRx has a consensus target price of $8.38, suggesting a potential upside of 74.12%. Given GoodRx's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GoodRx is more favorable than Willdan Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Willdan Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
GoodRx
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Willdan Group has a net margin of 3.97% compared to GoodRx's net margin of -2.05%. Willdan Group's return on equity of 13.84% beat GoodRx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Willdan Group3.97% 13.84% 6.89%
GoodRx -2.05%5.35%2.51%

Willdan Group received 206 more outperform votes than GoodRx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 39.56% of users gave GoodRx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Willdan GroupOutperform Votes
278
66.51%
Underperform Votes
140
33.49%
GoodRxOutperform Votes
72
39.56%
Underperform Votes
110
60.44%

Willdan Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GoodRx. GoodRx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willdan Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Willdan Group$510.10M0.89$10.93M$1.6319.76
GoodRx$790.39M2.32-$8.87M-$0.03-160.33

72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of GoodRx shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Willdan Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of GoodRx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Willdan Group and Willdan Group both had 3 articles in the media. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat GoodRx's score of 0.25 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Willdan Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
GoodRx
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Willdan Group beats GoodRx on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WLDN vs. The Competition

MetricWilldan GroupEngineering services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$454.81M$4.66B$7.80B$8.98B
Dividend YieldN/A1.10%2.20%3.85%
P/E Ratio19.7615.0733.8518.82
Price / Sales0.891.5467.5780.74
Price / Cash12.6130.1032.3137.47
Price / Book2.203.875.424.64
Net Income$10.93M$168.37M$187.27M$245.69M
7 Day Performance-6.04%0.24%-2.92%-2.63%
1 Month Performance-16.92%-2.82%-2.68%-2.37%
1 Year Performance55.60%32.03%18.85%13.65%

Willdan Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLDN
Willdan Group
4.8847 of 5 stars
$32.21
-1.5%
$49.00
+52.1%
+55.6%$461.88M$510.10M19.761,616Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
GDRX
GoodRx
2.967 of 5 stars
$5.04
+0.2%
$8.38
+66.2%
-26.5%$1.92B$750.27M-168.00950Positive News
SEZL
Sezzle
4.0792 of 5 stars
$340.16
+1.5%
$366.00
+7.6%
+517.9%$1.91B$159.36M36.19540
DFIN
Donnelley Financial Solutions
3.5216 of 5 stars
$65.78
-1.1%
$76.33
+16.0%
-23.5%$1.90B$797.20M20.561,900Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
XMTR
Xometry
0.9417 of 5 stars
$37.45
-2.4%
$33.33
-11.0%
+10.9%$1.86B$525.13M-35.67790
NEO
NeoGenomics
2.9478 of 5 stars
$14.42
+3.7%
$20.20
+40.1%
-32.6%$1.85B$591.64M-23.642,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PHR
Phreesia
4.3976 of 5 stars
$29.80
-0.7%
$31.15
+4.5%
+12.0%$1.73B$356.30M-20.271,438Insider Trade
QBTS
D-Wave Quantum
0.9664 of 5 stars
$6.38
-1.9%
$6.71
+5.2%
+299.2%$1.72B$9.42M-15.183Options Volume
Gap Up
STGW
Stagwell
3.3452 of 5 stars
$6.50
-3.7%
$8.50
+30.8%
-7.5%$1.71B$2.71B22.5013,000Analyst Upgrade
PINC
Premier
3.0015 of 5 stars
$17.77
-1.5%
$20.50
+15.4%
-12.6%$1.71B$1.35B-177.682,900
UPBD
Upbound Group
4.3178 of 5 stars
$29.45
-1.1%
$39.17
+33.0%
-17.3%$1.61B$3.99B20.3112,970Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:WLDN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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